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I always get a bit worked up at the end of Star Trek II: Wrath of Khan, from Spock's goodbye to Kirk's short, touching eulogy I'm just a complete emotional mess

EDIT: I thought it could go without saying but MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW

EDIT 2 THE WRATH OF KHAN: This thread has really exploded overnight, reading through your replies is bringing up a lot of manly tears, seems like the most popular choices are Ash in the first Pokémon movie, anyone from Harry Potter and Ellie from Up

The father in The Road. Just seeing it from the perspective of the son... And they were so close to relative safety... I was so emotionally drained by that whole book that his death hit me extra hard. I was bawling.

Although he's a real person, Vincent Van Gogh from the Doctor Who episode "Vincent and The Doctor". You don't actually see him die, but he still kills himself even after all he went through with the doctor. The last scene with Vincent when Bill Nighy was talking about how great of an artist he was, unknowingly, right in front of him. Fucking powerful.

My dad and I have never really gotten along too well. Not that we don't get along, we just never really clicked. So here I was, 10:30 at night, watching Vincent and The Doctor, with him across the room "not paying attention". The episode ends, and I go up to bed.

The next night, I boot up Netflix and see that there were several episodes marked as watched that I hadn't watched. We never really talked about it, but I like to think that that episode brought us a little closer.

I saw it first in the original. I just watched Brotherhood for the first time a bit ago and I was hoping against hope it wouldn't happen again. I knew what was happening as soon as I saw the farewell scene with his family and Winry and lost it. Fuck you, Envy. Fuck you so hard.

I was upset at first when Rorschach died but then understood why. He witnessed Adrian kills millions of people and wanted to find justice in that. It remindes me of when he says "Why does one death matter against so many? Because there is good and evil, and evil must be punished" Rorschach's death is the ultimate example of how he cannoy compromise who he is and what he stands for.

What an awesome character. It would be cool to see what would happen if there was a story about the publishing of his journal.

It would, I agree....however...I think leaving it up to the reader at the end is ultimately better because it leaves your brain running through all the what-ifs, and I think that's what makes the story stick in people's minds

Are we talking about the Jewish soldier who fist fought with the Nazi? The way he says "stop stop" kinda reminds me of when I was little and played games that got too rough. Him realizing that he was losing and couldn't push back just got me.

That part, as well as the part where Forrest finds out about his son in Jenny's apartment.

I'm biting my lip off every time I see him hesitantly mutter out the question: "Is he smart?"

It's only at that moment you truly understand that Forrest knows his limitations in the brain department, and was terrified that his son might be similarly afflicted. The relief when he finds out his smart is palpable. It makes my eyes leak pure testosterone.

IIRC, none of the other actors in M.A.S.H. knew that he would die. Radar was told about it literally just before he had to go on set to tell the others, and all their reactions were of genuine disbelief.

Between him and Thane...I mean, at least I got some revenge for Thane. I'd have liked a scene where, after the mission on Tuchanka, you at least get some sort of closure with the Dalatrass for being a double-crossing bitch-

When Kamina died in the first half of the show, I had to stop watching for a solid week. Nobody saw it coming, and the following episode is even worse because it shows the fallout from the death taking a heavy toll on everyone. Also, in a later episode in the second half of the series when Kittan sacrifices himself to save the rest of the team from the gravity well and the finale when Nia fades out of existence. Cried like a little girl and I can't even listen to this song anymore without my eyes watering up a bit from all the emotion brought forth from that show and the scenes it was played in.

In the book I was so damn mad. I felt like Harry was such a little bitch that whole book and if he'd just stopped PMSing none of it would have happened. And it was so unfair to give him a friend and ally and link to his parents and then rip it away.

Once I saw the movie I understood that for Harry to reach the end of his journey he had to lose those who would help him because the victory had to be his entirely.

Oh my god. Fuck the ending to that game. After all the shit he had gone through, he didn't deserve that end. Fucking hell man. I got so emotional at the end, both angry and sad. Red Dead Redemption really is one of the best games ever.

John Marston is, in my opinion, the best protagonist Rockstar ever created. He never wanted to do that shit. All he wanted, ever, was to be with his family again. Just on his ranch, living his little live.

But no, the government uses him for their own good an disposes him when it's done.

Neon Genesis Evangelion spoilers below.
The death of Asuka Langely Soryu in End of Evangelion.

The way they built it is so upsetting. Her initial arrogance in the series, how confident she was. How she was slowly broken down and then psychologically damaged by the angel. The way she was comatose. How she was so scared of dying. When she finally realized the truth about her mother, how happy and re-invigorated she was... Only to lose it all again.

I don't know if this counts, but when the kids in the beginning of Reading Rainbow turn into animated form it used to make me cry as a child and still makes me quite sad. To me it's as if they'd died and never were able to live human lives again. The animation sucked away any future they would have had with their families and friends.

I just thought of another one, when I first read The Final Problem when I was about 10 or 11 reading about Sherlock dying I actually put the book down, closed it and put it back on the shelf. It was weeks before I could bring myself to read any of the rest of the stories

John Coffey, Wash, Captain America (it took me forever to read the issue where he comes back), Ellie, the list could go on and on. I realize that these are fictional characters but their deaths taught me things and whether or not they're real, their deaths had a real effect on me. I appreciate all of them and keep the characters alive with me.